The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)

by Bernard Cornwell

Only the gods tell him what to do, and you should beware of men who take their orders from the gods.

The gods reward us if we give them respect, but the Christian god doesn’t help his people, does he? They weep rivers of tears for him, they pray to him, they give him their silver, and we come along and slaughter them! Their god is pathetic. If he had any real power then we wouldn’t be here, would we?”

It seemed an unassailable logic to me. What was the point of worshipping a god if he did not help you?